Monthly Archives: May 2021

From New York to Israel

Israeli-founded Cherre launched its real estate data management and analytics platform in New York in 2016. Due to a huge exodus of hi-tech developers from New York, Cherre is now opening an R&D center in Israel, using part of a … Continue reading

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Job opportunities in hi-tech

Israel’s tech industry currently numbers 334,000 employees, constituting nearly 10% of all Israeli employees. Although the number of computer science graduates has increased nearly 50% since 2019, there are still currently 13,000 vacant tech positions in Israel. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3905770,00.html

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Israeli startups hit the roof again

More than 200 Israeli entrepreneurs, investors, and bankers held a “Tech on the Roof” event on a rooftop in Jaffa. They celebrated the end of Covid and the return to a sense of normalcy. Also see this link to Jon … Continue reading

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Top 20 for GDP per capita

For the first time in its history, International Monetary Fund data ranks Israel among the top 20 economies for GDP per capita (economic output per person) – a key measure of a nation’s prosperity. Israel’s $43,689 is the 19th highest, … Continue reading

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Alt Meat from fermented plants

Israel’s Chunk Foods uses proprietary fermentation technology to make healthy, realistic, beef alternatives from plants. It uses non-GMO ingredients to produce whole muscle cuts of beef such as sirloin, chuck or ribs. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3906413,00.html ttps://chunkfoods.com/

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Extracting oxygen from the Moon

Israel’s Helios has developed technology to produce oxygen from the lunar soil. It will be tested in two future missions as a possible basis for sustainable lunar colonies, or at least, the ability to provide fuel for the return leg … Continue reading

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Decoding whale talk

Five Israeli scientists have joined Project CETI – Cetacean Translation Initiative, an international project aimed at listening into and understanding the language of sperm whales. They are using AI to determine the meaning of the clicking sounds at different frequencies … Continue reading

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Smart warehouses

eGold’s fulfillment center in Ashdod is operated almost entirely using machine learning and an algorithm that manages the work of scores of individual robots. Other similar Israeli facilities use robotic technology from Israel’s Caja Robotics (see here) and Fabric (see … Continue reading

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See with sound

Professor Amir Amedi of the School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, has developed technology, an algorithm and training that enables people to see through sound. https://unitedwithisrael.org/watch-people-can-see-with-sound-using-revolutionary-israeli-invention/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOspADpjAQE

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Garden furniture from recycled plastic

Israel’s UBQ (see here previously) is partnering Israel’s Keter to incorporate UBQ’s recycled thermoplastic into multiple product lines for garden furniture. They want to set an industry example of sustainable manufacturing as a simple, cost-effective, and necessary choice. https://www.jpost.com/jpost-tech/israeli-plastic-giant-thermoplastic-firm-to-make-eco-friendly-products-665618 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3905332,00.html

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